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    Broody timing

    Last year was my first year with a broody. She wanted to sit around 1 year old and committed to her nest around May 1st last year. I sort of assumed she’d go broody around the same time this year, but it hasn’t happened! If you have a hen that’s gone broody is it more likely she will go broody...
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    Changing Roosters / Genetic Diversity in Closed Flock

    So for going on two years I have kept a closed flock. My decision was in part due to the fact that my first set of birds had some disease that eventually wiped out everyone by year two with my rooster being the only exception. So I restocked from a more reputable hatchery (Mt Healthy) and had...
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    Impacted Crop Complications

    1.5 years old Wellsummer Scratch and Peck Layer/ Grower (available bc I have pulleys as well) Free range a few hours a day. I caught her impacted later than I would like because I was dealing with another issue and wasn’t paying enough attention. I’ve dealt with impacted crop before. I got it...
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    Something’s up

    My hens are all about a year old with 3 chicks that were hatched in April. My Roo is older. I just treated one hen for eyp because she had that yellow poop. She’s better but still not 100%. My birds are laying less and I’m sometimes finding concerning poops. Deworm? Corks? What would you do...
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    Easter Eggers not laying possible EYP

    Why do I always recognize problems in hens on the weekend. I have to work until Tuesday. I will contact my vet on Monday about getting antibiotics as I’m pretty sure I need them. I have 2 EE they are about 1.5 years old. They free range a few hours a day and get fed scratch and peck layer. They...
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    Polish X Chicks

    Before I let my white crested black polish roo cross with my mixed flock I desperately was looking of photos of chicks. It was hard to find!! So I am attaching pics of the 3 chicks my broody is raising. One is an EE cross, Wellsummer, and I think the last is an OE cross. Can you guess which is...
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    Raising chicks with the flock

    I have not separated my broody hen sitting on eggs. Hatch date should be less than a week from today 5/15 I have at least 3 eggs that seem viable. She is hunkered down in a nest box. In the last few days she hasn’t let others lay in her box (earlier they were and I was removing new eggs daily)...
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    Dislocated wing?

    My hen is struggling with a droopy wing. It was bad enough she would step right on it. About a week ago I wrapped it against her body. She is in isolation in the coop. At first she ate better once it was wrapped. She eats well for me when I bring her inside not so well when she is out in...
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    Wing Injury?

    Noticed three days ago that my hen was acting off. Standing or laying instead of normal chicken shenanigans. I thought she looked off balance so I’ve been directly dosing her with Poultry Cell and feeding her eggs inside each day. She no longer looks as wobbly. Right wing is in a down position...
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    To hatch or get more baby chicks

    I would like to add upwards of 4 more hens to my flock. I lost a hen this winter so my ratio is dropping with 7:1 rooster ratio. I have a polish so he isn’t a feisty as other roos May be. My plan was to let the hens hatch out if anyone went broody but I haven’t experienced that with any of my...
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    Are Polish Crosses a Bad Idea?

    I have a backyard flock of EEs OEs and Welsummers. I have a polish Roo who runs the roost. Is it a bad idea to raise chicks with him as the father? The ladies do pluck out some of his feather crown. If I have more crested will that still be an issue? Also just wondering what some polish crosses...
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    Favus treatment in cold

    I think one of my hens has favus. Her comb and wattles are lighter in color with a whitish film. It’s nothing severe like the images I’ve found on the internet of the condition and she is behaving normally. I have seen treatment options involving specific anti fungal creams. I would consider...
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    Do yolks get bigger as laying slows down for winter?

    Just noticing something and wanted to see if anyone else experiences this. My chickens started laying maybe end of august through September. They are slowing down with the cold and lack of sunlight (NW Colorado). I came back from vacation and suddenly the yolks in their eggs are substantially...
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    Corrected impacted crop chicken still not laying

    I have an Easter Egger hen who had an impacted crop for somewhere between a few days to up to a week. It took about 3 days to correct once I discovered it but it might have been a few days before I noticed. She’s still thinner than my other Americana but not super thin. I don’t believe she has...
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    Rooster Swollen Eye seeking advise

    My rooster is about 1 year old. Today I noticed his eye is inflamed. No bubbles and no pus inside. I did not see any obvious injury. He is acting pretty normal. I’ll attach photos below. Looking to see if it is contagious. What medication might help him etc. He does have some frostbite on his...
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    Covering outdoor run

    So my current set up is a 6hx10Lx4w coop with a small covered shed where food and water is stored (open on one side covered in hardwire cloth) 6Hx8Lx4W. Attached around this I’ve used a 10x10 dog kennel that is set up to make the outdoor space even larger. In the spring I covered the dog...
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    Choosing Chicks Maran vs Welsummer

    I think I will be going with Meyer Hatchery this spring(good price point and ability to order female only and smaller batches) I have enough space for conservatively 5 or up to 7 more chickens. I will need to build a cover for their larger run as my chickens mostly only stay in their covered run...
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    Egg break inside / soft shell

    My chickens were locked out of their coop yesterday by accident. Genny was the only hen who hadn’t laid an egg beforehand. This morning after going inside at bedtime she had eggy butt and there were eggy poops in the coop. She is soaking right now. Her vent is pulsing. I read somewhere about...
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    Chickens locked out

    I accidentally locked my chickens out of their coop today after doing some clean up on a hens chicken saddle. They were in their enclosed run. It wasn’t terribly cold out today (20s and 30s) when they’ve been exposed to many days of negatives this winter. Two of my hens this morning laid eggs...
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    Roast vs Soup

    Why does everyone recommend their unwanted chickens become soup? I have an unwanted Roo (he attacks me pretty aggressively and I just have more roos than I need / my ratio can handle) My question is why not use them in a roast as apposed to soup. He may be a little too old for that thought...
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